Speaking and Social Identity

ISBN-13: 9783110147964 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 239 str.

Breitborde, Lawrence B.

Opis

This monograph is an anthropological study of the social significance of English among Kru residents of Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia. The volume contributes to our understanding of how contemporary Africans use language to negotiate conflicts and aspirations based on socioeconomic position and ethnic solidarity. aftermath of the first modern war.